| Review scores | |
|---|---|
| Source | Rating |
| Allmusic |   [1] |
| Christgau's Record Guide | C+[2] |
Rita Coolidge is the self-titled debut album by Rita Coolidge.
Track listing
Side one
- "That Man Is My Weakness" (Donna Weiss, Craig Doerge) – 3:50
- "Second Story Window" (Marc Benno) – 3:00
- "Crazy Love" (Van Morrison) – 3:35
- "The Happy Song" (Otis Redding, Steve Cropper) – 3:50
- "Seven Bridges Road" (Steve Young) – 5:55
Side two
- "Born Under a Bad Sign" (Booker T. Jones, William Bell) – 4:10
- "Ain't That Peculiar" (William Robinson, Pete Moore, Bobby Rogers, Marv Tarplin) – 4:02
- "I Always Called Them Mountains" (Marc Benno) – 3:47
- "Mud Island" (Donna Weiss, Mary Unobsky) – 4:28
- "I Believe in You" (Neil Young) – 3:10
Album notes
"That Man Is My Weakness"
- Leon Russell – piano, organ
- Spooner Oldham – electric piano
- Clarence White – guitar
- Marc Benno – guitar
- Chris Ethridge – bass
- Jim Keltner – drums
"Second Story Window"
- Stephen Stills – acoustic guitars
- Booker T. Jones – bass
- Jim Keltner – percussion
"Crazy Love"
- Booker T. Jones – piano, organ
- Stephen Stills – guitar
- Bobby Womack – guitar
- Donald "Duck" Dunn – bass
- Jim Keltner – drums
- Bobbye Hall Porter – tambourine
"The Happy Song"
- Booker T. Jones – organ
- Spooner Oldham – electric piano
- Clarence White – guitar
- Jerry McGee – guitar
- Chris Ethridge – bass
- Jim Keltner – drums
- Bobbye Hall Porter – tambourine
"Seven Bridges Road"
- Booker T. Jones – piano
- Spooner Oldham - organ
- Clarence White – acoustic guitar
- Jerry McGee – Dobro, electric sitar
- Chris Ethridge – bass
- Jim Keltner – drums
- Bobbye Hall Porter – bongos
- Plas Johnson – alto saxophone
"Born Under a Bad Sign"
- Booker T. Jones – electric piano
- Spooner Oldham – organ
- Clarence White – guitar
- Ry Cooder – bottleneck guitar
- Chris Ethridge – bass
- Jim Keltner – drums
- Bobbye Hall Porter – congas
- Clifford Scott – tenor saxophone
"Ain’t That Peculiar"
- Booker T. Jones – electric piano
- Clarence White – guitar
- Jerry McGee – guitar
- Chris Ethridge – bass
- Jim Keltner – drums
- Bobbye Hall Porter – tambourine, congas
"(I Always Called Them) Mountains"
- Clarence White – guitar
- Jerry Mcgee – acoustic guitar
- Spooner Oldham – organ, piano
- Chris Ethridge – bass
- Jim Keltner - drums
"Mud Island"
- Booker T. Jones – organ, guitar
- Spooner Oldham – electric piano
- Clarence White – guitar
- Ry Cooder – bottleneck guitar
- Fuzzy Samuels – bass
- Jim Keltner – drums, percussion
- Bobbye Hall Porter – tambourine, congas
"I Believe in You"
- Spooner Oldham – electric piano
- Clarence White – acoustic guitar
- Jerry McGee – acoustic guitar
- Booker T. Jones – bass
- Jim Keltner – drums
Horns
- Jim Horn - baritone, alto & tenor saxophone
- John Kelson – tenor saxophone & bass clarinet
- Don Menza – tenor & alto saxophone & bass clarinet
- Clifford Scott – tenor saxophone
- Peter Christlieb – tenor saxophone
- Plas Johnson – tenor & alto saxophone
- George Bohanon – trombone & baritone horn
- Lew McCreary – trombone
- Ernie Tack – trombone
- Jack Redmond – trombone
- Dick Hyde – trombone
- Oliver Mitchell – trumpet & Flugal horn
- Charles Findley – trumpet & Flugal horn
- Al Aarons – trumpet & Flugal horn
- Dalton Smith – trumpet & Flugal horn
- Vincent DeRosa – French horn
- Bill Hinshaw – French horn
- Arthur Maebe – French horn
- David Duke – French horn
Strings
- Jesse Ehrlich – cello
- Jerome Kessler – cello
- Leonard Malarsky – violin
- William Kurasch – violin
- Wilbert Nutycomb - violin
- James Getzoff – violin
- Harry Bluestone – violin
- Ralph Schaeffer – violin
- Gareth Nuttycombe – viola
- Samuel Boghossian – viola
Background Vocals
- The Blackberries – Clydie King, Venetta Fields, Sherlie Matthews, Priscilla Coolidge, Donna Weiss, and Rita Coolidge with Graham Nash, Bob Segarini and Randy Bishop on “Crazy Love"
- Arranger: String and Horn Arrangements by Booker T. Jones with the exception of “Ain’t That Peculiar”, “Born Under a Bad Sign”, and “That Man Is My Weakness” arranged by Jim Horn and his Dynamite Horn Section
- Engineer: Bruce Botnick
- Recorded at Sunset Sound Recorders
- Cover Photograph: Joel Bernstein
- Art Direction: Roland Young
Charts
| Chart (1971) | Position |
|---|---|
| US Billboard 200[3] | 105 |
References
- ^ Carpenter, Bil. Rita Coolidge at AllMusic
- ^ Christgau, Robert (1981). "Consumer Guide '70s: C". Christgau's Record Guide: Rock Albums of the Seventies. Ticknor & Fields. ISBN 089919026X. Retrieved February 23, 2019 – via robertchristgau.com.
- ^ "Rita Coolidge Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard. Retrieved January 12, 2020.